ASCILITE 2004 Workshop

Research skills: Analysing data, text and documents using Leximancer

Objectives	This half day (morning) workshop aims to provide participants with: an overview of qualitative data analysis techniques; focusing on an overview of text analysis - thematic analysis, relational analysis, coding; an introduction to functions carried out by the Leximancer software. Leximancer is seen as a useful tool for text/content analysis prior to further analysis and coding with Nud*ist or NVivo. hands on use with the data mining/text analysis software Leximancer; and an opportunity to analyse their own data sets.
Intended audience	The workshop is designed for new researchers and those who would like to gain some experience in the use of qualitative data analysis techniques. This would include people who have collected interview data, discussion forum posts, email communications, collections of documents in electronic format and electronic archives that require analysis to discover themes, concepts and relationships between concepts in their data. Experience in the use of computers is essential.
Facilitators	Craig Zimitat BSc(Hons), GCHEd, PhD is Senior Lecturer in Higher Education, Griffith Institute for Higher Education, Griffith University. [Profile] Louise Horstmanshof BA; MOrgPsych is a Registered Psychologist. Griffith Institute for Higher Education, Griffith University.
Details of activities	The workshop will consist of short presentations interspersed with activities involving the application of the software for analysis of sample documents, document sets and transcripts. A workbook will provided. Participants are encouraged to bring their own data for analysis. Copies of the software to be used, Leximancer, will be provided for your use in the workshop venue.
References	Leximancer. http://www.leximancer.com/